Domestic hand tool



DOMES TI C HAND TOOL Filed OGo. 9, 1925 Patented Sept. 218,192.8. I

UNITED STATES.

:ronN uconHoaLLn, or SYDNEY, NEW sourir WALES, AUs'raALu.

DOMESTIC HAN D TOOL.

Application filedootober 9, V1923, Serial No. 667,486, and in Australia September 28, 1922.

This invention relates to a domestic hand tool in which the metal frame not only-serves to support various implements, but is adapted to function as an implement and also as a 5 member of other tools mounted on it.

Various forms of domestic hand tools are known in which implements, such as a corkscrew, a tin-opener, and a claw for removing crown corks from bottles, are mounted on l a metal frame, but my device comprises, in addition to the corkscrew and the tin-opener, two broad-faced crown-cork removers adapted to remove crown corks of very different sizes, a crown-cork replacer, a fish-Scaler or l like scraper holder, a tack-hammer, a tacklifter, and a straight-edged scraper or peeler,

and is thus adapted .for varied service in a household, hat, restaurant, or camp.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 isa side elevation; Fig. 2 is a plan; and Fig. 3 is a front end elevation of my tool. The metal frame is formed with three expanded portions or loops, one end loop 11 functioning as a crown cork replacer and also as a holder for a fish-sealer or like scraper. Between the other loops is riveted an L- shaped steel plate 12 of which one arm projects beyond the front end loop 13 and forms the cutting blade 14 of the tin opener; the

other arm 15 passes through the frame and is bent so that its attened end 16 lies under the median line of the frame, said end also extending in a plane at right angles to the plane of the cutting blade and being inclined rearwardly with respect to the adjacent sur-v face of the frame 10. This flattened and inclined end functions .as a tack hammer, the mass of the plate 12 and frame giving suficient momentum to the blow when hammerhe rear edge of the end 16 is provided with a V-shaped notch or claw-17 by means of which projecting tacks may be lifted.

The front edge 18 of the arm 15 is recessed so that the face of the hammer projects beyond its sup-port 15. This projecting face, in conjunction with the front loop 13, forms a broad-faced crown-cork remover, and in use obviates the distortion and tearing of a crown cork frequently associated with a clawshaped crown-cork remover. The rear edge 19 of the arm 15 is similarly recessed to permit the use of the rear end of the hammer face when large crown corks are to be removed.

The free side of the hammer head is provided with'a straight chisel edge 2O which is intended foi` luse as a scraper or peeler.

Pivoted to the frame behind the plate 12, and housed, when not in use, within the middle loop of the frame, is a corkscrew 21, the pivot pin being ositioned so that the portion of the hammeread 16 adjacent the pivot of the cork-screw engages the head of a bottle from which the cork is to beI drawn and acts as a fulcrum when starting the withdrawal of the cork by leverage. When thus used, the corkscrew 1s swung to a reverse position from that shown in Fig. 1 and then inserted into the cork to loe extracted. The end 11 of the frame may then be grasped and by pulling upwards with the head 16 engaged with the top of the bottle the cork may be readily extracted. i

TheA front loop 13 is provided with the usual notch 22 to embrace the edge of the tin to be opened.

Tore-attach a crown cork to a bottle the end 11 is fitted over the cork after the latter has been placed on the bottle, and a firm downward pressure and a twisting motion given tothe tool.

To function as a fish-scale scraper a loose crown cork is placed within the loo 11 and secured therein by a slight knock. hecorrugated edge of the crown cork may then be used as a scraping edge.

The forwardly sloping plane of the hammer-head 16 is at such an angle to the cutting edge of the tin-opener as to prevent injury to the knuckles when hammering or removing tacks.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 95 1. In a domestic hand tool, a frame forming a handle, a plate extending transversely through said frame adjacent one end thereof and having an arm one end of which is bent to form a flat platedisposed on one side of 1,00 said frame said flat plate extending in a plane at right angles to the plane of said arm and having a face inclined rearwardly with, respect to an adj acentsurface of said frame, said flat plate cooperating with the adjacent 106 end of said frame in removing a bottle cap.

2. In a domestic'hand tool, a frame forming a handle, a plate extending transversely through said frame adjacent one end thereof end of said frame in removing a bottle cap, and having an arm one end of which is bent and said arm having its front and rear edges 10 to form a flat plate disposed on one side of recessed to project portions of said face besaid frame, said flat plate extending.,y in a plane yond portions ofthe arm.

5 at right angles to the plane of said arm and In testimony whereof I have affixed my having a face inclined rearwardly with resignature. v spect to an adjacent surface of said frame,

said fiat plate cooperating with the adjacent JCI-IVN JACOB HOELLE. 

